Megalopidae

Megalopidae is an ancient family of ray-finned fish, one of two living members of the order Elopiformes. It contains a single living genus (Megalops, the tarpons) with two species, and several extinct genera dating back to the Early Cretaceous. They likely diverged from their closest relatives, the Elopidae, during the Late Jurassic.'

The following genera belong to this family:'

• Genus Megalops <small>Lacépède</small><small>, 1803</small> (=†Starrias <small>Jordan, 1925</small>) - Late Cretaceous (Campanian) or Late Oligocene to present

• Genus †Arratiaelops <small>Taverne, 1999</small> - Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Belgium & England
• Genus †Brouweria <small>de Beaufort, 1926</small> - Early Miocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Genus †Elopoides <small>Wenz</small><small>, 1965</small> - Early Cretaceous (Albian) of France
• Genus †Ikawaihere <small>Gottfried et al.</small><small>, 2026</small> - Paleogene of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand
• Genus †Paratarpon <small>Bardack</small><small>, 1970</small> - Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada
• Genus †Promegalops <small>Casier</small><small>, 1966</small> - Early Eocene of England
• Genus †Protarpon <small>Forey</small><small>, 1973</small> - Late Paleocene to Early Eocene of Morocco & England
• Genus †Sedenhorstia <small>White & Moy</small><small>-Thomas</small><small>, 1941</small> - Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) of Lebanon and Germany

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